Seat-back for water-closets



(No Model.)

A. F. BLESCH 8a J. HERRMANN. SEAT BACK FOR WATER GLOSBTS.

Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

AUGUST F. BLESOl-l AND JONAS HERRMANN, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SEAT-BACK FOR WATER-CLOSETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 443,564, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed April 18, 1890. Serial No. 348,465. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that we, AUGUsT F. BLnscn and JONAS HERRMANN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Backs for Water-Closets, of which the following is a speciication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention pertains to waterclosets; and it relates particularly to a seat-back having an adjustable bottom to which the seat is hinged.

Plain and ornamental seat-backs are kept in stock and sold by manufacturers along with the bowl and other water-closet fixtures. In situations where the bowl can be set in any desired position it is customary to use a back having an integral forwardly-projecting bottom board to which the seat-board is to be hinged. It often happens, however, that water-pipes and other obstructions are in the way to prevent the setting of allbowls in one uniform position with respect to the seatback. To meet the requirement in such cases, the bottom board of the seat-back has been made separate from and of the full length of the back proper, so that when it became necessaryto set the bowl farther forward than usual, the seat was hinged to the bottom board, the board was then secured to the brackets, and the back was set on top of the board. This has resulted in leaving exposed to view an open space between the rear edge of the bottom board and the wall of the room, which gave the wood-work an unsightly appearance,

especially where the seat-back was of an ornamental style. To render it possible to set the bowl as far forward as may be necessary within a reasonable limit without exposing to view the open space left between the rear edge of the bottom board of the seat-back and the wall of the room is the object of our invention; and to this end our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a water-closet bowl and a seat-back embodying our invention in position. Fig. 2

is a vertical sectional view of the same, only a portion of the bowl being shown. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of so much of the seatback as is necessary to show a modification of the end pieces. Fig.4is a perspective detail view showing a modification of the bottom board and end pieces.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the bowl, with which is connected the usual lushing-pipe B; C, the seat, and D the cover.

E represents the wainscoting of the room, to which are secured two brackets F, one only of which is seen.

G represents the seat-back, the purposes of which are to afford a support to which the seat may be hinged to cover and conceal the pipe-joints and to give a inished appearance to thebowl-setting. This back comprises a top piece 1, front piece 2, end pieces 3, all rigidly secured together, and a loose bottom board 4, these various parts being finished to harmonize with each other.

In Fig. l we have shown a seat-back l1aving a bottom board made of the same length as the front piece, the latter being flush with the upper surface of said board, and solid end pieces extending downward far enough to cover the ends of thebottomboard, so that when it becomes necessary to set the bottom board away from the wall in order to connect with the seat-board the open space o (seen in Fig. 2) will `be concealed. lt will be apparent, however, that we can make each end piece 3 of a solid portion extending only to the bottom of the front piece, and a molding or other suitable extension (denoted by 3') joined onto the lower end of the solid piece, the eX- tension being of a depth sufiicient to cover the end of the bottom board, as seen in Fig. 3, and also that we may make the bottom board of the full length of the seat-back and prolong the end pieces so as to cover the ends of said board by the attachment thereto at the lower end on the outer side of any suitable extension 3, as seen in Fig. 4., it being understood that in the use of the term end pieces we include those made with these extensions as well as those made solid throughout.

The bowl is first set in the most convenient position for connection with the iiushingand` IOC cured to the wall and the seutbnck placed in position on the brackets. The bottom board is then drawn forward far enough to permit of the hinging thereto of the seatboard, and finally the bottom board is secured to the brackets.

Il'ziving thus described our invent-ion, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In n Water-closet, a seat-back having anv adjustable bottom board, end pieces covering the ends of said board, and a front piece Ilush with the upper surface of said board, in c0m bination with the bowl provided with a seatboard hinged to the bottom board of the seatbaek, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

i. In a water-closet, L seat-back having an adjustable bottom board, end pieces covering the ends of said board, and n front piece flush with the upper surface of said board, the bottom board being of the same length as the front piece, in combination with the bowl provided with a seat-board hinged to the bottom board of the seat-back, substantially its and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof We alix our si gnatures in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUST F. BLESGII. JONAS HERRMANN.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. ALLEN, J. C. HUGH. 

